Timely follow-up among multicultural women with abnormal mammograms

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-61

  Arnsberger, Pamela ^a   Fox, Patrick ^b   Ryder, Priscilla ^c   Nussey, Brenda ^b   Zhang, Xiulan ^d   Otero Sabogal, Regina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Language barriers; Mammography follow up

Indexed keywords

EID: 31544453650     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.30.1.5     Document Type: Article

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